Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the M manuals it warns against changing lenses in direct sunlight. It recommends, and I have always successfully followed, that you shade the camera with your body. The light trap where the shutter curtains meet is not absolutely light tight and under direct sunlight with no lens it will leak. John Collier > From: "Tofu" <topher@netvigator.com> > > Anyway, whenever i change the lenses on my m6, i've always had to be careful > not to do it in direct sunlight, or i get some 'additional exposure' on the > frame currently underneath the lens.....i kinda thought this was just a > hazard that came with cloth shutters, but after ruining some nice shots, i'm > really starting to get annoyed (at myself!). Is this actually just from > cloth shutters, or is my shutter coming apart? The marks are quite large, > though not very severe, so i don't think it's just little pinholes....and it > definately occurs only when i change a lens... > any advice? TIA........... > tofu! > anyone ever used the nocti for infrared? >